1980 world champion Alan Jones has backed Caterham’s decision to replace Jarno Trulli with Vitaly Petrov. Despite having extended the Italian veteran’s... read more »

Lotus’ trackside operations director, Alan Permane says that Kimi Raikkonen demonstrated he is an exceptional talent almost immediately after he first stepped into a... read more »

Lotus trackside operations director Alan Permane feels the reliability of the E20 was one of the major positives for the team during first pre-season test... read more »

Lotus F1 Team had quite a positive test at Jerez, and looking back on that, Alan Permane could not agree more. While the team will bring chassis Nr2 to Barcelona, car #1 showed... read more »

Lotus trackside operations director, Alan Permane, admits that after Jerez the atmosphere within the team is buoyant. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen has already made a good impression on everyone at Lotus F1, according to trackside operation director, Alan Permane. read more »

Lotus trackside operations director Alan Permane said that the reliability of the E20 allowed the team to work on performance during the first test at Jerez read more »

Feb.8 (GMM) Bernie Ecclestone is not harming formula one with his planned expansion to even more new venues. That is the view of 1980 world champion Alan Jones. F1 chief... read more »

Feb.8 (GMM) Alan Jones is not ruling out a Williams resurgence in 2012, despite his former championship-winning team slumping to its worst-ever result last season. Australian... read more »

Lotus' Alan Permane admits he was pleasantly surprised by Kimi Raikkonen's performance on his first day back in F1... read more »

Lotus's trackside operations director Alan Permane said Kimi Raikkonen proved on his first day back in a Formula 1 cockpit that his return to grand prix racing can be a... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen will be paying a visit to the Lotus factory in Enstone this week for a seat fitting, according to BBC F1 journalist Andrew Benson. Benson posted a message on... read more »

Former racing driver Alan van der Merwe is hopeful that a Formula 1 race in native South Africa will be possible in the near future, with the nation’s last Grand Prix... read more »

"We are struggling on the medium compound as shown by both Bruno and Vitaly going around 1.5 to 2 seconds quicker on the soft tyre," admits Alan Permane. read more »

For 19 weekends across an F1 season, the attention rests on the shoulders of 24 particular drivers at a Grand Prix race track. But what of the unsung heroes, driving... read more »

Former World Champion Alan Jones will make his 2011 season debut as a race steward at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix... read more »

Former world champion Alan Jones will be the FIA driver steward during this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix. read more »

1980 World Champion Alan Jones will be the driver representative steward for what is likely to be the title-deciding Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka this weekend. read more »

Alan Permane has been promoted to Track Operations Director by Lotus Renault after the departure of Steve Nielsen... read more »

Lotus Renault GP look ahead to a Japanese revival whilst revealing news of a promotion for Alan Permane. read more »

Renault has announced that Alan Permane will step up to the role of Track Operations Director, following the departure of sporting director Steve Nielsen after the Singapore... read more »

Renault chief race engineer Alan Permane says he is confident the team will be more competitive in Singapore than it has been on similar circuits this year read more »

Aug.15 (GMM) The battle between Vitaly Petrov and Robert Kubica would have been much closer in 2011. That is the claim of Renault's chief engineer Alan Permane, who... read more »

Renault's chief engineer, Alan Permane, believes Vitaly Petrov has matured massively since his rookie season, even suggesting the margin between him and Robert Kubica would read more »

Renault chief race engineer Alan Permane played down the fire which ended Nick Heidfeld's Hungarian Grand Prix. read more »